Who Wants to Live Forever?
Hi everyone –
I’m excited to be on the Bitten By Paranormal Romance blog
today!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live
forever? I think my fascination with
immortals started with Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, carried into the
Highlander movies and tv series, and finally culminated for me with my Night
series.
I’m intrigued to understand how a person (or being) can keep
their lives relevant when the world around them is constantly changing, and
they’re not. Anne Rice’s Lestat searched for pleasure and entertainment, but
eventually found himself aching for meaning and redemption. In the Highlander
television series, Duncan
MacLeod, engrossed himself in learning languages and fighting styles while
continuing on his “There can be only one” path in The Game.
The
immortal Night Walkers in my Night
Series each face the challenge of facing eternity and watching the
world grow and die around them.
In Night Walker, my hero, Calisto
Terana, walked the earth for over 200 years hoping for another chance at love
and redemption. After his love was murdered in 1775, he gave up his soul to the
night for a second chance to love her.
He had no idea he would wait centuries for her to live again, to see her
face one more time. As decades turned into centuries, he amassed wealth and
power, but his heart hardened and bitterness took the place of hope.
Only his
memories of her and his desire to love her again keep him going.
In my
latest Night Series release, Night
Thief, Kane is one of the original Night Walkers, born immortal. As a
Mayan God, time has never had any real meaning for him until the night he
crosses paths with a mortal woman who steals more than his gold pocket watch.
His
feelings for her force him to get involved in the mortal world around him and
give him the opportunity to experience life instead of stand as a silent
sentinel.
As I
wrote the books for the series, each Night Walker hero has his own reason for
facing eternity. For some it’s love, for others it’s duty, and for some it’s a
quest for answers, but the burden of endless night weighs heavy on their
shoulders.
On the surface,
immortality, life without the fear of death seems like a great idea, but I
think it comes with a hefty price.
So if
you got the chance to live forever, would you take it? If yes, what would keep you going as
lifetimes pass by? And if not, why would
you rather remain mortal with only one life to live?
I can’t
wait to hear your thoughts…
Lisa
Night
Walker – The Night Series - Book One
(Available Now)
He
gave up his soul for a second chance to love her…
Two and a
half centuries ago, Calisto Terana lost everything when a zealous
priest
murdered the woman he loved. Now, desperate for another
chance to
love her, he wants redemption for the mistake that cost her
life.
She’s
haunted by dreams of her own death…
After
catching her fiancé with another woman, Kate Bradley returns to
San Diego
to clear her head. The last thing she needs is romance, but
after
meeting Calisto she’s drawn to him in ways she doesn’t understand.
They’ve
waited in the shadows for centuries…
Calisto has
no doubt Kate is the reincarnation of his lost love, but the
Fraternidad
Del Fuego Santo has a new watcher with dark ambitions of
his own. As
old enemies reemerge and a new threat arises, the betrayal
that
enslaved Calisto to the night might destroy the only woman he’s
ever loved again.
Night Thief – A Night Series Novella
(Available Now)
After the fall of the Mayan civilization, Kane, an immortal
Night Walker, has taken refuge in France for over 800 years. The modern world
holds little interest for him until the night he meets the Golden Thief and is
robbed of much more than his pocket watch.
Marguerite Rousseau is living a double life. By
day she is the assistant to an eccentric French artist, Antoine Berjon, and by
night she dons elegant evening gowns to woo French dignitaries before lifting
their wallets.
Sparks ignite when Kane captures the thief, but
Marguerite harbors a dark secret that could ruin them both.
BIO - Lisa
Kessler is an
award winning author of dark paranormal fiction. Her debut novel, Night
Walker, won a San Diego Book Award for best published
Fantasy-Sci-fi-Horror, and also won the Romance Through the Ages for Best
Paranormal and Best First Book. Her short stories have been published in print
anthologies and magazines, and her vampire story, “Immortal Beloved,” was a
finalist for a Bram Stoker award.
Lisa is an active member of Romance Writers of America serving as President of
the San Diego Chapter. She’s also a member of the International Thriller
Writers and the Paranormal Chapter of RWA. You can learn more about Lisa and
her books at http://Lisa-Kessler.com
Lisa lives in southern California with her husband and two amazing
kids.
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